Autographic register



(No Medal.)

G. MoG. MORRIS. AUTOGRAPHIG REGISTER.

Patented Nov. 14, 1893.

UN TED STATES P TENT CEFICE.

GEORGE MoG. MORRIS, OF oINoINNATI, oIIIo.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 508,552, dated November 14, 1893. Application filed January 3,1893. Serial No. 457,184. (No model.)

To all? whom it may concern; Be It known that I, GEORGE MoG. MORRIS,

. a citizen of the United Statearesiding at Cincinnati, Ohio, have invented new and use ful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of WhlCh the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to autographic reg- Isters, its object being 'theproduction of a cheap and efficient manifolding register adapted to the usual'needs and purposes of such devices. To this end it consists, generally, in a casng adapted to hold the paper-holding, feedmg, and cutting-devices, and toser've as a desk or writing tablet my improvement beng concerned in the simplicity and conven- Ience of construction and arrangement of parts with respect to the efficiency of .its operation while in use, and also with respect to the convenience of taking out or replacing rolls, &c. r

Mechanism embodying my invention is illustrated in which Figure 1, is a perspective elevation of the the accompanying drawings, in

device complete, indicating in dotted lines the posltion of the register when opened and thrown back upon its base for putting in a new roll. Fig. 2, is a detail perspective of the front end, showing the propelling roll thrown back to adjust the paper strips with reference to the dividing bar. Fig. 3, is a cross section of the propellingroll, dividing bar, cutters, and paying-out shield in diagrammatic form, showing their functional action uponthe paper strips. r Fig. 4, is a plan View of the cutt ng shears detached. Fig. 5, is a detail longitud nal cross-section of the supply roll, showlng construction of its pintle and the functional relations of the brake.

Referring now to the drawings: A,designates the general containing casingconsistmg of a box of rectangular horizontal crosssection, hinged at the rear upon a suitable base, A, and provided in front with a suitable look, a, securing it to the base, A. Thetop of the casing, A, is curved downward at the' rear and slopes thence toward the front: and

tion, merely,- to the paper strips paid over the top of the casing as hereinafter described. The front of the box is open toward the top the open space being occupied bya roller, the dividing-bar, and fixed cutting-bar, as hereinafter described-and the lower part 0. of the front is inclined inward as shown to co-operate with the dividing-bar in delivering the strips outwardly and inwardly as herein specifled.

, 'The paper stripsone or more-are carried upon a roll, 0, (its position being indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1,) thence upward through a slitin the top of the casing and over an antifriction roller, b, along the inclined top of the casing beneath the guide frame, a, and downward at the front of the frame over a second anti friction roller, 19 there located. Just be.

- low the horizontal axial plane, and in front, of

the roller, 11 is placed a cross-bar, 0, arranged tangentially to the roller, 17 in avertical plane: and immediately beneath the cross bar, 0, is placed the fixed member, d, of a pair of cutting bars, d, (1 (to be described more fully) arranged horizontally with its cutting edge at its under-surface rearward. The dividing bar, c,'and the member, d, of the cutting shears, are preferably carried, as shown, upon brackets, 2, attached by screws to the casing; so that the entire cutting apparatus may be, with facility and convenience, removed for sharpening the knives, &c. This attachment fixes the relation of these parts to each other; and the attachment of the brackets to the casing at screw holes duly provided, secures the proper relation of all parts to the feed-out rolls and the, other co-operating elements. Immediately beneath and slightly rearward of the cutting-edge of the member, d, stands the upper edge of the inclined portion, a of the casing-frontthe relation of the parts being clearly shown in Fig. 3. The paper-strips, drawn from the supply-roll and passing down over the anti-friction roll, 19 are dividedover the bar, c,one or more (as arranged, as shown at p) passing inward Within the casing, A, and the others (19 being deflected outward by theinclined part, d of the casing.

The cutting device, shown in detail in Fig.

'4, is arranged to operate beneath the antifriction roll, b and consists of two shearmembers, d, (1 pivoted at their corresponding ends at d One of these members, (1, is fixedly secured to the casing A, in the described relation to the dividing bar, 0, and the other member, d swings in a guide slot, 8, of the casing beneath and rearward of the member, at, and is operated against the force of a retaining spring, 0, by means of a projection d formed to be conveniently engaged by the hand.

To feed the paper-strips forward, I provide a friction propelling roller e, journaled in a housing, E, pivotally connected to the casing A, at opposite sides, below and in front of the cutting shears, by side arms, e, so as to swing outward as indicated in Fig. 2. The housing frame is provided with spring-extensions, c of its side arms, which are engaged over studs or projections, e at opposite sides of the casing, and serve to hold the friction roller e, against the anti-friction roller, b by a self-adjusting tension. One of the journals (on the right hand as herein shown) of the roller, (2, is projected through the side of the housing, E, and carries a crank, f, by which it is turned; and thus the paper-strips are fed forward. An adjustable plate, 9, is provided, secured to the casing, A, below the slot, 8, by screws, 9, passing through upwardly elongated holes of the plate, whereby the plane of travel of the movable shear-member, LP, is adjusted to bring the cutting edges of the shears in proper relation, and take up any lost motion due to wear.

The supply roll, 0, consists of one or more strips of paper wound upon a perforated mandrel, 71., preferably of wood, carried upon a pintle, i, circumferentially grooved at one projecting end (Fig. 5) and provided with a button, h, at the other end. Adjacent to the button, h, are one or more radial lugs, m, which engage and rotate the mandrel, h, as required. The groove in the projecting end opposite the button, receives a spring-wire, y, secured to the outside of the casing, A, and bearing radially against the pintle, 2', in its groove there by holding the pintle against longitudinal displacement and at the same time operating as a ffiiction-brake to prevent overrunning of the ro The register is used in the usual manner to record a sale or other transact-ion in manifold. sheets, as they are common in these and similar devices, being attached across the tablettop of the casing between the strips of paper. The record being made upon the upper strip within the guide frame, a, and by pressure of the pencil recorded in manifold upon the under strip or strips, the crank, f, is rotated and the paper drawn forward sufficiently,- when the cutting bar, (1 is drawn forward in' its slot, severing the strips at the cutting edges of the bars, d (1 as the meeting-point of the edges shift across the strip. The severed ends of the inside strip or strips-as the strips are divided by the dividing bar, c, drop down within the casing out of reach of I have not herein shown the carbon new supply-rollunay be conveniently substii tuted. The guide frame, a, being hinged at its rear to the sides of the casing, is lifted up for convenience in bringing the ends of the new strips through the top of the casing and between the carbon sheets; and, the casing being again let down on its base, the springarms, (2*, are detached from their studs, 6 and the housing, E, is tilted forward, as shown in Fig. 2, for convenience in inserting the ends of the strips inproper relation to the dividing bar, 0, and shield, 0, This done, and the casing locked in its closed position, the apparatus is ready for use.

I prefer to employ paper-strips WOlllld. together upon a single supply roll--the curves of their outward path in the apparatus being all such as to make the feed-out uniform: but

tially closed to any access whatever except i by unlocking at its lock,a, and tiltingit back upon its base: further, that the casing is entire as a partially closed box, open only at the bottom; and may, if desired, be castas a single piece: further that its simplicity and compactness render it economical to construct, operate and maintain; and also that the constructive arrangement of parts renders it quite easy to substitute new paperrolls, to remove the stored memoranda, or to remove the cutting knives for sharpening.

The anti-friction rolls 1), b may be fixed surfaces suitably smoothed: but I prefer the use of rollers of wood turned to true cylinders.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, the following:

1. Au autographic register, embodying a substantially integral casing entirely open at the bottom, containing a paper dispensing roll at the rear, a w'riting tablet at the top, feed-out rolls at the front of said tablet, cutting mechanism below said feed-out rolls,and a free space for storage of slips beneath said tablet, in combination with a base constituting a bottom for said casing upon which the casing is hinged at the rear and locked in front, whereby upon being unlocked and thrown back upon its hinges the interior of the casing with its contained mechanism is exposed in front of the operator and is lifted away from the stored slips upon the bottom, substantially as set forth.

2. In an autographic register, the combina-- tion with an anti-friction roll j ournaled in the casing at the feed-out end, a roll-housingcarried upon radial side-arms and pivoted to the casing to swing toward and .from the anti: friction roll, a'propelling'roll carried in said housing, and a spring arm or arms bearing.

upon said housing to keep the rolls normally in contact, substantially as set forth.

3. In an autographic register, in combina-' tion with an anti-friction roll at the feed-out end of the casing, a roll-housing having radial side arms pivotally supporting the same upon the casing to swingtoward and away from the anti-friction roll, a propelling rolljournaled in the housing, andspring-extensions of the radial side-arms detachably en-1,

gaged behind studs or projections ofthe casing, and, when so engaged, holding the rolls in pressure-contact, and when disengaged, permitting the housing to swing back and out of the way, substantially as set forth.

. 4.. In an autographic register, the combination of a-casing containing a paper-dispens' ing-roll at the rear andpresenting its top forward of thesame as a writing tablet, a pair of feed-out-rolls atthe front of said tablet, a. free open storage space beneath said tablet, a dividing barbeneath said feed-out rolls,-

and a shearingapp'aratus arranged and operating horizontally beneathsaid dividing bar,

substantially as set-forth.

5. Inan; autographic register, the combination of a casing co'ntaining a=paper-dispensing roll at the rear andpresentingits top forward of the same as a writing tablet; feedoutrolls arranged in horizontal relations at thefrontof said tablet; a dividing bar beneath. said feed-rolls; a storage receptacle for severed slips beneath said tablet in rear of the dividing bar; a horizontal fixed shear arranged beneathand forward of the dividing bar; and a pivotedmovable shear arranged in the rear of. said. fixed shear to cooperate therewithacross the line of paper feed .by a forward movement, substantially as set forth.

6. In an autographic register, the combination ofa casing containing a paper-dispensing roll and presenting its top as a writing. tablet, a pair of feed-out rolls in horizontal.

relations at the front of said tabletand casing, a dividing bar beneath said rolls, a pair of cutting shears arranged and co-operating horizontally beneath said dividing bar, an

open storage space in the casing beneath said tablet, and a shield constituting the front of.

the casing below said cutting apparatus, to deflect the outer severed strip outwardly and forward of the casing, substantially as set forth.

7. In an autographic register, the combination of the casing presenting its top as a writing tablet andhaving an open storage space beneath the same, the horizontally arranged vfeed out rolls, the fixed cutting shear below tingbar arranged horizontally below the dividing bar and in front of the line of feed, a movable cutting bar or shear pivoted behlnd the line of feed to swing across and in co-operation with the fixed cutting bar, and a guideslot in the side of the casing through which the free end of the. movable cutting bar is projected as a handle, and by which it is held. and guided in proper plane of movement, substantially as set forth.

9.. In an autographic register, the combination of the sides of the casing through which thejournals of the dispensing roll are projected, a grooved projection of the journal. beyond the casing and a tension spring attached to the casing and bearing. radially in :the groove, acting both as a brake and retainer to hold the journal in place longitudinally, substantially as set forth.

10. In an autographic register embodying a casing, feed-out rolls, dividing bar, and cutting-apparatus, the combination of the feedout rolls, dividing bar, and the fixed member of the cutting apparatus, with two end-brackets to which the cutting bar and dividing bar are fixedly secured, adapted to be detachably secured as a whole by means of the end-brackets to the' casing in position for operation in' .iixed relations to the co-operating parts, subs stantially as set forth.

. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE MoG. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

L. M; HOSEA, L. C. HOSEA. 

